ENG-2017 — Page 28

Calendar of Events

2017

September

1

1-8

3

4

4-9

00

8

15

16-27

19

21

27

Football striker Ms Cheung Wai-ki signs with Brisbane Roar for the Westfield W-League 2017-18 season, the first Hong Kong player to join the Australian elite women's club football competition.

Track cyclist Mr Leung Chun-wing and the team of Ms Pang Yao and Ms Yang Qianyu garner gold medals at the quadrennial National Games in Tianjin. Hong Kong collects two golds, seven silvers and seven bronzes altogether in cycling, karatedo, fencing, swimming and equestrian, the city's best results since it first took part in 1997. Digital audio broadcasting (DAB) goes off the air, with Radio Television Hong Kong. closing its five DAB channels upon the Chief Executive in Council's decision in March to discontinue such services. The government granted licences to three commercial DAB operators in 2011.

Hannah Tam Wan-ching, 12, tops the under-15 category of Germany's International Competition for Violin, Hong Kong's first victory since the competition debuted in 1987. She also clinches the Baroque special prize in that category.

A team of eight Hong Kong students wins two golds and six silvers at the 2nd International Olympiad of Metropolises in Moscow, a competition for students aged 14 to 18 covering mathematics, informatics, chemistry and physics.

Hong Kong's resident population is projected to rise from 7.34 million in mid-2016 to peak at 8.22 million in 2043, then drop to 7.72 million in mid-2066, according to an updated set of projections covering the 50 years from 2017 to 2066.

The Chief Executive visits Myanmar, the first official trip to the country by an HKSAR Chief Executive. She meets the State Counsellor, Union Minister in the President's Office and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of Myanmar, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Ms Sarah Lee completes a golden hat trick at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, holding sway in women's keirin, sprint and team sprint with Ms Li Yin-yin. The others who bring gold-medal glory to Hong Kong are fellow track cyclists Mr Leung Chun-wing and Ms Diao Xiaojuan, hurdler Ms Lui Lai-yiu, swimmers Ms Stephanie Au Hoi-shun and Ms Chan Kin-lok, and the women's 4x50m and 4x100m medley relay teams. The city records 10 golds, 11 silvers and 14 bronzes. Eligible online-only media outlets are admitted into the government's news and media distribution list, joining traditional print and electronic media on an equal footing.

An Action Plan for Enhancing Drinking Water Safety in Hong Kong is launched following the discovery of excess lead in drinking water in 2015. Random water samples will be collected from drinking taps to test for six metals with a view to adopting standards beyond World Health Organisation guidelines.

The Chief Executive announces the launch of the Strategic Dialogue on Trade Partnership with the United Kingdom to lay a solid foundation for future collaboration through discussions on trade issues of mutual interest.

Hong Kong leaps three places to rank sixth in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report 2017-18.

xii